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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index f0ad8d8bc..3cbd7b121 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -12571,7 +12571,9 @@ descriptor as the (possibly-redirected) standard output. @vindex POSIXLY_CORRECT If standard input is a terminal, it is closed so that terminal sessions do not mistakenly consider the terminal to be used by the -command. However, this step is skipped if @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is +command. To avoid glitches in poorly-written programs standard input +is then reopened with an innocuous file descriptor that cannot be read +from. However, these steps are skipped if @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is set since @acronym{POSIX} requires standard input to be left alone. @command{nohup} does not automatically put the command it runs in the |